Overall Green alert Drought for Southeast Asia-2024
in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 2 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017005
Name: Southeast Asia-2024
Countries: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
Start Date: End of Feb 2024
Duration: 83 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83689 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Chinese delegation tours Kingdom to promote ‘Fish and Rice’ corridor2024-05-17T00:50+0200.

Representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) recently hosted a week-long research delegation of Chinese agricultural specialists on a cross-country tour to both promote and initiate rice-fish and rice-shri
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Mekong Delta faces freshwater shortage2024-05-13T08:40+0200.

Low river flows and saltwater intrusion are predicted to continue to weigh heavily on the Mekong Delta region. Local authorities and people are warned to take proactive approaches to ensure water security for socio-economic activities. Dams
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Experts visit Cambodia to promote rice-fish farming2024-05-13T04:05+0200.

An agricultural expert from Shanghai Ocean University helps farmers grow fish and rice in Cambodia in April. [Photo provided to China Daily] With the aim of promoting rice-fish and rice-shrimp farming in Cambodia, a research team from Shang
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More people in countries with low human development index suffer from ... 2024-05-09T07:52+0200.

April 24, 2024. Countries with Human Development Index (HDI) lower than 0.78, had a higher impact, the findings showed. Likewise, the increasing number of the population impacted by climate-related disasters in countries with very high huma
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),